Overtime Pay for Standby Duty Outlined
The Office of Personnel Management has sent out guidance on eligibility for overtime pay for “standby” duty required when federal …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersVeterans Preference Still Required at DoD
Although managers at the Defense Department will get extensive new authorities over handling their personnel under the department’s recently approved …More
Management Course for Organizational Change
The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a course for managers and others who want to change and improve their …More
Some Outside Review Retained
Under the new Defense Department appeals system, employees could appeal decisions of the internal process to MSPB so long as …More
Questions Surround DoD Appeals Process
The recently enacted Defense Department budget bill that allows DoD to create an internal appeals system leaves open many questions …More
Management Program for Creating Breakthroughs and Innovating
Management Program for Creating Breakthroughs and Innovating The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a workshop for Feb 25 – …More
Merit Board Reverses Racial Discrimination Finding
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently reversed an administrative law judge’s finding that a federal appraiser had been improperly removed …More
FAA and Union Expand Pay for Performance, Sign Pact
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association has signed a two-year contract extension that increases the …More
Happy New Year from FMDR Staff
Another year arrives with new challenges and opportunities. Our hope is that, as the nation’s most important work force, each …More
Core Qualifications Help SESers Prepare for Advancement
The Office of Personnel Management’s guidelines for Executive Core Qualifications are available to help senior executive service candidates prepare for …More
Workshop for Managing a Virtual Work Force
The Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Executive Institute has scheduled a workshop for Feb 18 – Feb 20 for GS-15s, …More
MSPB Splits over Border Patrol Suspension Suit
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently split over whether a Border Patrol agent had been constructively suspended in violation of …More
OPM Seeks to Extend HSA Benefits
The Office of Personnel Management is looking for opportunities to include Health Savings Accounts in the Federal Employees Health Benefits …More
GAO: Enterprise Architecture Progress Stagnant
Agencies are making only limited progress in managing their enterprise architectures (the blueprint for how they plan to modernize), the …More
House Panel Identifies Network Security as Key Weakness
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, says agencies …More
Student Loan Repayment Caps Increased by NDAA
The maximum amount that agencies can give to employees for repaying their student loans has increased under the National Defense …More
Performance Fund Establishes Reward System
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2004 establishes Human Capital Performance Fund that allows agencies to reward employees …More
OPM Clarifies New DoD HR Rules
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2004 provides for a number of changes regarding pay and leave administration, …More
Dates for eTravel Implementation Set
The General Services Administration’s Office of Government-wide Policy has issued a final rule setting the timeframe for agencies to implement …More
Characteristics of the Senior Executive Service
Here are some of the characteristics of the federal government’s elite executive cadre: Most SES members are career appointees. More …More
MSPB Splits over Postmaster Firing
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently split over whether the U.S. Postal Service properly fired a postmaster described as “lax …More
Mileage Reimbursement Rates Rise
The government has raised the rate of reimbursement for the use of private transportation on official business, effective January 1, …More
Union Launches Contracting Attack Ads
The American Federation of Government Employees is launching a series of television ads aimed at curbing the contracting out of …More
MSPB to Close Some Offices
The Merit Systems Protection Board plans to close its offices in Boston and Seattle by mid-March. And it’s Denver and …More
House Subcommittee Grades Agencies on Network Security
Overall, the federal government got a “D” for information security (an improvement over last year’s F), on the fourth annual …More
Lawmakers Cite Postal Reform as Priority in 2004
The House Government Reform Committee’s special panel on postal reform and oversight will push postal industry reform for the second …More
Constructive Suspension Finding Reversed by Board
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently reversed an administrative judge’s finding that a Social Security Administration benefits technician was constructively …More
Enhanced e-Training Initiative Lauded
The Office of Personnel Management received a 2003 Government Technology Leadership Award in recognition of its GOLEARN.gov initiative, which provides …More
DoD Needs Strategic Approach to Bandwidth Procurement
The Defense Information Systems Agency needs to provide quicker, faster and more cost effective bandwidth procurement services if it wants …More
New Medicare Bureau to Look Outside
In what could be an ominous sign of where agencies will look to fill important management positions, the recently enacted …More
